TURKISH DOCUMENTARIES
ARCO 2013
Date
9
17 February 2013
Location
Sala Azcona
Price
Free entrance
Institution
Cineteca Madrid
Coinciding with Arco, whose focus, this year, is on Turkey, Cineteca is integrating its “After Arco” events by putting on a series of Turkish documentary films.
Selected by Necati Somnez creator and director of the Istanbul documentary cinema festival “Documentarist”, the series unites the most outstanding Turkish productions of the genre over the last ten years, offering us an overview of this interesting moment in the life of Turkish cinematography, and at the same time giving us a detailed insight into the reality of the country.
It is a peek into the day-to-day life of Turkish people, their reflections on symbols and the identity of a country that is continually evolving. As a result the selected films put views to us on Kurdish-Iraqi immigration, the celebration of the abolition of the death penalty in 2002 and desire to keep the traditions and cultures of its different regions alive.
This series is also a journey into the immense geography of Turkey: from the warmth of the Aegean coast to the theatrical experience of a group of farmers to the south of the country, via the lifestyle and culture of the “Sarikecili”, the last nomads of Anatolia and the thousands of faces of a sprawling Istanbul.
The series begins at Cineteca thanks to collaboration with the Turkish Embassy in Madrid and the support of Turkish Airlines.
PROGRAM
SATURDAY 9TH
18:00 h – Sala Azcona – Program 1
IN TRANSIT – (Berke Baş) / 40’ / 2004 / Turkey) Three families (one Turkish, one Kurdish/ Iraqi and another Nigerian) make their way to Istanbul, where they have come to try and integrate themselves into a Western country. TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF BRET / IBRET OLSEN DIYE – (Necati Sönmez / 50’ / 2007 / Turkey) The death penalty was abolished in Turkey in 2002 and the last executions took place in 1984. Since the founding of the Republic 712 people, 15 of them women, were executed “to set an example”. ON THE COAST / BU SAHILDE – ( Zeynep Dadak and Merve Karan / 22’ / 2010 0 Turkey) A visual essay on the fleeting sensations of Summer, filmed in Erikli in a small Turkish town on the Aegean coast. 22:30 h – Sala Azcone – Program 2
SISTERS OF LILITH / LİLİT’İN KIZKARDEŞLERİ – (Emel Çelebi / 41’ / 2008 / Turkey) A portrait of three women living in harmony with nature: a shepherd who lives with her flock in the mountains, a fisherwoman who goes out to sea every day, although not to swim, and a farmer, who cares for her land. THE PLAY / OYUN - (Pelin Esmer / 70’ / 2005 / Turkey) Nine peasant women, who live in a small village to the south of Turkey, take a break from their hard, daily graft and perform a theatrical work based on their own experiences. SUNDAY 10th 18:00 h – Sala Azcona – Program 3
10th PLANET – A SINGLE LIFE IN BAGHDAD / ONUNCU GEZEGEN - BAĞDAT’TA TEK BAŞINA - (Melis Birder / 38’ / 2004 / Turkey) An intimate and compassionate portrait of the city of Baghdad through the hopes, joys and fears endured in the everyday life of a young woman. ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL / İKİ DİL BİR BAVUL - (Özgur Dogan and Orhan Eskiköy / 82’ / 2009 / Turkey) A year in the life of a Turkish teacher, who teaches his language to Kurdish children in a remote village: the children don’t speak Turkish and the teacher doesn’t speak Kurdish, and therefore becomes an exile in his own country. 22:30 h – Sala Azcona – Program 4
CICADANT / AĞUSTOS KARINCASI - (Bingöl Elmas / 50’ / 2005 / Turkey) Ibo is 45, lives in a small town and has five jobs. He works all them to fulfil his dreams, but he is surrounded by all of them, wondering “What dreams can I have in a place like this?” THE LAST NOMADS OF ANATOLIA: SARICKECILIS / ANADOLU’NUN SON: SARIKEÇİLİLER - (Yüksel Aksu / 75’ / 2010 / Turkey) The Sarikecili are the last representatives of the nomadic tradition in Anatolia, a tradition, which dates back for centuries. This documentary shows us their lifestyle and rituals, folklore and culture. MONDAY 11th 20:30 h – Sala Azcona – Program 5
THE MOUSTACHE / BIYIK - (Belmin Söylemez / 27’ / 2000 / Turkey) For a Turkish man a moustache isn’t just a fashion statement: it is a status symbol, an inherited tradition, a sign of power and a source of pride. Several Turkish men talk about their moustaches and discuss their social importance, history and politics. ECUMENOPOLIS: CITY WITHOUT LIMITS / EKÜMENOPOLİS: UCU OLMAYAN ŞEHİR - (Imre Azen / 93’ / 2011 / Turkey) A description of neoliberal urbanisation: a journey through a city without end that extends out from the Marmara Sea until Bósforo bridge, from the dilapidated suburbs to the huge skyscrapers. TUESDAY 12th 20:30 h – Sala Azcona - Programa 6
OVERTIME / FAZLAMESAİ - (Gürcan Keltek / 20’ / 2012 / Turkey) Istanbul today: we listen to the sounds of the workers, night and day, in the streets and the factories. The city as a giant machine that sucks people into it. WHERE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE? / ANA DİLİM NERDE? - (Veli Kahraman / 61’ / 2012 / Turkey) Mustafa sees how his mother’s language is dying out and feels partly responsible, because of his failure to teach it to his children.
IN TRANSIT – (Berke Baş) / 40’ / 2004 / Turkey) Three families (one Turkish, one Kurdish/ Iraqi and another Nigerian) make their way to Istanbul, where they have come to try and integrate themselves into a Western country. TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF BRET / IBRET OLSEN DIYE – (Necati Sönmez / 50’ / 2007 / Turkey) The death penalty was abolished in Turkey in 2002 and the last executions took place in 1984. Since the founding of the Republic 712 people, 15 of them women, were executed “to set an example”. ON THE COAST / BU SAHILDE – ( Zeynep Dadak and Merve Karan / 22’ / 2010 0 Turkey) A visual essay on the fleeting sensations of Summer, filmed in Erikli in a small Turkish town on the Aegean coast. 22:30 h – Sala Azcone – Program 2
SISTERS OF LILITH / LİLİT’İN KIZKARDEŞLERİ – (Emel Çelebi / 41’ / 2008 / Turkey) A portrait of three women living in harmony with nature: a shepherd who lives with her flock in the mountains, a fisherwoman who goes out to sea every day, although not to swim, and a farmer, who cares for her land. THE PLAY / OYUN - (Pelin Esmer / 70’ / 2005 / Turkey) Nine peasant women, who live in a small village to the south of Turkey, take a break from their hard, daily graft and perform a theatrical work based on their own experiences. SUNDAY 10th 18:00 h – Sala Azcona – Program 3
10th PLANET – A SINGLE LIFE IN BAGHDAD / ONUNCU GEZEGEN - BAĞDAT’TA TEK BAŞINA - (Melis Birder / 38’ / 2004 / Turkey) An intimate and compassionate portrait of the city of Baghdad through the hopes, joys and fears endured in the everyday life of a young woman. ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL / İKİ DİL BİR BAVUL - (Özgur Dogan and Orhan Eskiköy / 82’ / 2009 / Turkey) A year in the life of a Turkish teacher, who teaches his language to Kurdish children in a remote village: the children don’t speak Turkish and the teacher doesn’t speak Kurdish, and therefore becomes an exile in his own country. 22:30 h – Sala Azcona – Program 4
CICADANT / AĞUSTOS KARINCASI - (Bingöl Elmas / 50’ / 2005 / Turkey) Ibo is 45, lives in a small town and has five jobs. He works all them to fulfil his dreams, but he is surrounded by all of them, wondering “What dreams can I have in a place like this?” THE LAST NOMADS OF ANATOLIA: SARICKECILIS / ANADOLU’NUN SON: SARIKEÇİLİLER - (Yüksel Aksu / 75’ / 2010 / Turkey) The Sarikecili are the last representatives of the nomadic tradition in Anatolia, a tradition, which dates back for centuries. This documentary shows us their lifestyle and rituals, folklore and culture. MONDAY 11th 20:30 h – Sala Azcona – Program 5
THE MOUSTACHE / BIYIK - (Belmin Söylemez / 27’ / 2000 / Turkey) For a Turkish man a moustache isn’t just a fashion statement: it is a status symbol, an inherited tradition, a sign of power and a source of pride. Several Turkish men talk about their moustaches and discuss their social importance, history and politics. ECUMENOPOLIS: CITY WITHOUT LIMITS / EKÜMENOPOLİS: UCU OLMAYAN ŞEHİR - (Imre Azen / 93’ / 2011 / Turkey) A description of neoliberal urbanisation: a journey through a city without end that extends out from the Marmara Sea until Bósforo bridge, from the dilapidated suburbs to the huge skyscrapers. TUESDAY 12th 20:30 h – Sala Azcona - Programa 6
OVERTIME / FAZLAMESAİ - (Gürcan Keltek / 20’ / 2012 / Turkey) Istanbul today: we listen to the sounds of the workers, night and day, in the streets and the factories. The city as a giant machine that sucks people into it. WHERE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE? / ANA DİLİM NERDE? - (Veli Kahraman / 61’ / 2012 / Turkey) Mustafa sees how his mother’s language is dying out and feels partly responsible, because of his failure to teach it to his children.